This inspi­ra­tional tour to raise aware­ness for Cheshire Homes and the Quad­Para Asso­ci­a­tion of South Africa

Join Dave Barr and his Rough Rid­ers for the adven­ture of a lifetime.

Leav­ing on the 15th of April 2015 from the Ann Hard­ing Cheshire Home in Rand­burg, Dave Barr will tour on a Harley David­son 1200 Sport­ster around South Africa, Vis­it­ing Cheshire Home in Cape Town, PE, Dur­ban and Johan­nes­burg, and meet­ing more of the won­der­ful peo­ple of South Africa

The worlds most remark­able dis­abled man will be vis­it­ing your area soon.

Dave Barr, an Amer­i­can man who joined the SADF, lost his legs when his Jeep hit a land­line in Angola while Dave was the leg­endary Colonel Jan Breytenbach’s machine gun­ner. Dave recov­ered and after return­ing to com­bat duties on prosthesis’s, finally left the army and embarked on a life­long quest to help other dis­abled peo­ple come to terms with their disabilities.

Dave chose Cheshire Homes as his favoured char­ity as it had been started by another sol­dier, the VC win­ner Leonard Cheshire of WW2.

Dave took on the almost unbe­liev­able chal­lenge of cir­cum­nav­i­gat­ing the world , alone, on his Harley David­son motor­cy­cle. No-​one, never mind a dis­abled per­son, had ever done this before. In 1994, Dave com­pleted 132000km and entered the Guin­ness Book of World Records for the first of three entries. After this stu­pen­dous feat, he also criss-​crossed Aus­tralia and crossed Siberia in win­ter , alone on his Harley. Dur­ing his jour­neys, Dave gave moti­va­tional talks to dis­abled peo­ple and raised money for the world-​wide Cheshire Homes organisation.

This year Dave returns again to South Africa, where it all started, and he asks your sup­port in his ride around the whole coun­try to help the dis­abled bik­ers and ex-​servicemen in South Africa.

Dave will give a soul stir­ring talk of his adven­tures and aims to inspire us all.

How to get involved:

Join­ing the tour

Bik­ers are invited to join the tour any­where en route for any lenght of time.

Every rider is respon­si­ble for their own expenses.

Help us spread the news!

Each leg of the Chutz­pah tour has many opor­tu­ni­ties to meet Dave and the team.

Come say hello and let your friends and fam­ily know.

Con­tact Annie on 0835974222 or This email address is being pro­tected from spam­bots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more.

Sup­port the tour through pay­pal or directly into our bank account:

Our gen­er­ous spon­sors, includ­ing Hoog­land Health Hydro and the Gol­drand Harley fam­ily make this tour pos­si­ble, but a tour like this costs a lot to keep on the road, and we’re trust­ing that the gen­eros­ity of peo­ple who believe in our cause will take us all the way.

Ben­e­fi­cia­ries

After more than forty eight years of ser­vice to Per­sons with Dis­abil­i­ties in South Africa, Cheshire Homes has accu­mu­lated a sub­stan­tial range of resources and ser­vicede­liv­ery pro­grammes, which are care­fully man­aged, in line with a ded­i­cated visio­n­and mis­sion refined in con­sul­ta­tion with Per­sons with Disabilities

QASA is a co-​ordinating, policy-​making, gov­ern­ing and­sup­port­ing organ­i­sa­tion.The Asso­ci­a­tion strives to pre­vent spinal cord injury, as well as pro­tect and pro­mote the inter­ests of peo­ple with mobil­ity impair­ments by for­mu­lat­ing a national pol­icy and strat­egy, to develop and ensure the full poten­tial and qual­ity of their lives.

Main Spon­sors

Hoog­land Health Hydro is a fam­ily owned busi­ness, spe­cial­is­ing in improv­ing phys­i­cal well­be­ing since 1977. Hoog­land prides itself in treat­ing guests as unique indi­vid­u­als and sup­port­ing and improv­ing the body’s own heal­ing abil­i­ties in a com­fort­able, nat­ural envi­ron­ment. Their team of med­ical and well­be­ing pro­fes­sion­als are highly expe­ri­enced and all cel­e­brate the tenac­ity of the human spirit. Few peo­ple embody spirit and tenac­ity as much as Dave Barr.